Surgical Technician Apprentice | Surgery

Avera•Pierre, SD

About The Position

Avera will pay for your online Surg Tech schooling while you work full-time in the department! Typically 18 months of schooling with a 3 year commitment to work in the department following graduation and certification exam Monday - Friday: occas wknd/hol/call; 80hrs/2wks You Belong at Avera Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. A Brief Overview Performs surgical technician and sterile processing duties while studying toward certification, within limits of current training and competency. The Surgical Technician Apprentice will assist other members of the health care team in the delivery of patient care during surgical procedures.

Requirements

The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.
These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
High School or GED Equivalent

Nice To Haves

1-3 years Previous healthcare related experience

Responsibilities

Assists surgeons by handing required instruments during procedures without difficulty.
Selects product(s) for procedures.
Performs all suture and instrument counts without error.
Assists in daily testing and operations of sterilizers.
Records sterilizer testing and operations of sterilizers.
Decontaminates all instruments and equipment per established policy/procedure following specified cleaning method.
Documents cleaning process of terminal cleans and assigned rooms each month.
Maintains turnover time within acceptable limits.
Stores products appropriately.
Checks for outdated supplies.
Monitors back orders.
Maintains a 3 week par level and informs director if ordered product does not arrive after 1 week.
Understands the care and handling of all equipment that reaches the instrument decontamination room.
Follows posted instructions on requirements of special equipment handling; ie: milking, nosonicing, special steam.
Prepares instrument and supply packs for distribution.
Ensures instrument sets are in proper working order.
Wraps all supplies in correct type of wrapper and correct size to maintain the sterility of the instrument or tray.
Labels the instrument or tray accurately and clearly for proper storage, including name of article, date of expiration and initials on wrapper.
Labels the article with gas or steam sterilization indicator tapes to ensure article has been subjected to sterilization.
Communicates and educates other OR staff on the proper processing of new and changing instrumentation.